Asymptotic results for a multi-type contact birth-death process and related SIS epidemic

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 552-570

  Rass, Linda ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymptotic behaviour; Contact birth death process; Contact continuous space models; Convergence in probability; Deterministic SIS epidemic; Speed of spread

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY;

ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOR; CONTACT BIRTH-DEATH PROCESS; CONTACT CONTINUOUS SPACE MODELS; CONVERGENCE IN PROBABILITY; SPEED OF SPREAD;

DISEASE CONTROL;

BIRTH RATE; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIC; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; SYMMETRY;

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; EPIDEMIC; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFECTION; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY;

EID: 34547120746     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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